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Laura Elizabeth Woollett & Angela O'Keeffe

Mel is joined in the studio by Laura Elizabeth Woollett to discuss her latest short story collection, West Girls. She draws upon her experience growing up on Australia’s west coast to bring…

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Madison Griffiths & The Amplify Collective

This week, Mel is joined in the studio by Madison Griffiths, writer, artist and producer of critically acclaimed podcast Tender. Madison discusses her debut novel Tissue, which is a candid depiction…

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FISH IN THE MEAT-WORKS, 06/08/2023

Mel Fulton is joined by Australian writer and host of the First Time podcast, Kate Mildenhall, as the two discuss and dissect Kate's unconventionally exciting novel The Hummingbird Effect (2023), a beautiful narrative…

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The Crying Room by Gretchen Shirm

Award-winning writer Gretchen Shirm joins the show to talk about her third book The Crying Room, which takes a close look at three generations of women to ask who we are as individuals…

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Hospital by Sanya Rushdi & Willy Lit Fest

Sanya Rushdi joins the show to talk restlessness, nuance and the power of language in her debut novel Hospital: a lucid and unflinching account of psychosis and hospitalisation in Australia, inspired by her…

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Libby Angel & Helen Elliott

How do we become who we are? In this edition of Literati Glitterati, Mel chats to the authors of two books consumed by precisely this question. 

The first is Where I slept

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Shy by Max Porter

Mel is joined by English writer, Max Porter.

Multi award-winning UK novelist and master of the tiny perfect book, Max Porter, joins Mel on the show this week. The pair riff on magic…

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Bora Chung & Debris Magazine

Mel is joined in the studio by Bora Chung, author of the Booker International Prize-shortlisted Cursed Bunny. They talk about trusting your translator, thinking and writing in different languages, and the freedom…

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Thirst for Salt & Queenscliffe Literary Festival

Mel is joined in the studio by Madelaine Lucas to discuss her New York Times’ Editors’ Choice debut novel, Thirst for Salt, a love story set in an isolated Australian coastal town. Madelaine…